Sash operator



Jan. 13, 1925. 1,523,232

' E. E. MASSIE- SASH OPERATOR Filed Jan. 1l, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet lgru/uente@ v Jan, 13, 1925.

" E. E. MASSIE` SASH OPERATOR 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 11, 1923Patented Jan. i3, i925.

iinrHU E. Massin, Vor roiersr'ioUrH, onto.

Application 1ed January 11, 1923.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ELIHU E. Massin, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portsmouth, in the Acounty of Scioto and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Sash Operator; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in 'theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient meansfor operating a window sash, and particularly an upper sash, from thefloor, or without climbing or reaching, under conditions permitting oflowering the upper sash into coextensive relation with the normalposition of the lower sash for Ventilating, washing, or other purposes,and with this object in view the invention consists in a construction,applicable as an attachment or fixture to a conventional window sash, ofwhich an illustrative embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawing,wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device applied to a window,

Figure 2 is a side view of the same, showing the window in section,

Figure 3 is a view showing the operating cord disengaged from thebracket and the latter folded to pass the lower sash,

Figure 4 is a. detail view of the coupling Pina I Figure 5 is aperspective view of the bracket and supporting plate, with the lattershown in dotted lines in its folded position,

The device consists essentially of an overhead running guide 10, such asthe pulley bracket illustrated, through which extends an operating cord11, and a bracket arm 12 attached to the top rail of the upper sash forconnection with the operating cord at an intermediate point, so that bypulling upon one or the other of the ends of the cord the sash may beraised or lowered by a person standing on the floor.

The bracket arm is pivotally mounted so as to be extended perpendicularto the plane of the sash when in use and to be folded parallel therewithwhen not in use, to the end that the lower sash may pass the top rail ofthe upper sash when it is desired to lower the latter to permit ofwashing and the like. As illustrated the bracket arm it, N

Serial No. 612,028.

is provided with a long hinge sleeve 13 engaged by a hinge pin 14; on anattaching plate 15 secured to the sash and provided with an outwardlydirected flange 1G serving to nest or house the arm when folded.

The operating cord carries a coupling pin 17 having terminal eyes 18 forthe attachment of the cord members 11a and 16", of which the former onlypasses over the pulley 10a and is limited in movementby the attached endof the coupling pin, and the latter is provided with collars orshoulders 19 spaced to bound a neck portion 2O for reception by a sleeve21 at the free end of the bracket arm, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. Thissleeve being split permits of engagement and disengagement at will ofthe neck portion of the coupling pin, while being proof againstaccidental displacement. The upper sash may thus be lowered until thebracket arm is within convenient reach from the floor to enable thecoupling pin to be disengaged from the coupling sleeve, should it bedesired to raise the lower sash to expose the upper sash to the occupantof the room.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. A sashoperator having an overhead guide bracket, an operating cord extendingthrough the bracket and a coupling having members carried respectivelyby said cord and a sash, for connecting the latter to the former, thesash carried coupling member being supported by a foldable bracket arm.

2. A sash operator having an overhead guide bracket, an operating cordextending through the bracket and a coupling having members carriedrespectively by said cord and a sash, for connecting the latter to theformer, the sash carried coupling member being supported by a foldablebracket arm, and an attaching plate to which the arm is hinged.

3. A sash operator having an overhead guide bracket, an operating cordextending through the bracket and a coupling having members carriedrespectively by said cord and a sash, for connecting the latter to theformer, and consisting of a coupling pin and a sleeve to receive thesame, the pin having spaced shoulders to limit movement thereof in thesleeve, and said pin designed to be uncoupled from the slee-ve by move`ment in a lateral direction.

4. A sash operator having an overhead fia guide bracket, an operatingcord extending cord carried coupling member comprising a. through thebracket and a coupling having pin cletachably engageable in said sleeve.10 members carried respectively by said cord In testimony whereof I axmy signature and a sash for connecting the latter to the in presence oftwo Witnesses.

former, the sash carried coupling member ELIHU E. MASSIE. comprising asleeve supported by a folcl- /Vtnesses:

able bracket arm, an attaching' plat-e to THOMAS C. BEATTY,

which the bracket arm is hinged, and the WALTER F. KOEGELE.

